NFL Players 2016 Dataset

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NFLplayers2016.csv

NFLpositions.csv

Description

Data about all National Football League (NFL) players in 2016.

Variables—NFL Players 2016 Dataset

• Jersey: jersey number
• Name: player name
• Position: player position
• Age: player age
• Height: player height
• Weight: player weight
• Years: number of years played
• College: college attended
• Team: team played for
• PositionGrp: groupings for positions
• Side: offense, defense, or special teams
• Level: grouping for number of years played

Rows: 2,764
Columns: 12
$ Jersey      <dbl> 53, 77, 65, 28, 1, 35, 43, 25, 46, 39, NA, 21, NA, 21, NA,…
$ Name        <chr> "A.Q. Shipley", "Evan Boehm", "Taylor Boggs", "Justin Beth…
$ Position    <chr> "C", "C", "C", "CB", "CB", "CB", "CB", "CB", "CB", "CB", "…
$ Age         <dbl> 30, 22, 29, 26, 22, 25, 31, 29, 26, 26, 24, 23, NA, 26, NA…
$ Height      <dbl> 73, 74, 75, 72, 72, 69, 70, 70, 70, 70, 70, 71, 73, 73, 74…
$ Weight      <dbl> 307, 309, 302, 200, 182, 200, 197, 187, 183, 190, 174, 197…
$ Years       <dbl> 5, 0, 4, 5, 0, 2, 9, 8, 4, 4, 0, 0, 0, 6, 0, 5, 0, 11, 7, …
$ College     <chr> "Penn State", "Missouri", "Humboldt State", "Presbyterian …
$ Team        <chr> "Arizona", "Arizona", "Arizona", "Arizona", "Arizona", "Ar…
$ PositionGrp <chr> "Offensive Line", "Offensive Line", "Offensive Line", "Def…
$ Side        <chr> "Offense", "Offense", "Offense", "Defense", "Defense", "De…
$ Level       <chr> "5-8 Yrs", "Rookie", "1-4 Yrs", "5-8 Yrs", "Rookie", "1-4 …

# A tibble: 6 × 12
  Jersey Name    Position   Age Height Weight Years College    Team  PositionGrp
   <dbl> <chr>   <chr>    <dbl>  <dbl>  <dbl> <dbl> <chr>      <chr> <chr>      
1     53 A.Q. S… C           30     73    307     5 Penn State Ariz… Offensive …
2     77 Evan B… C           22     74    309     0 Missouri   Ariz… Offensive …
3     65 Taylor… C           29     75    302     4 Humboldt … Ariz… Offensive …
4     28 Justin… CB          26     72    200     5 Presbyter… Ariz… Defensive …
5      1 Harlan… CB          22     72    182     0 Southeast… Ariz… Defensive …
6     35 Cariel… CB          25     69    200     2 Adams Sta… Ariz… Defensive …
# … with 2 more variables: Side <chr>, Level <chr>

Variables—NFL Positions Dataset

• Position: position abbreviation
• PositionExp: full position name

Rows: 68
Columns: 2
$ Position    <chr> "QB", "RB", "HB", "TB", "FB", "LH", "RH", "BB", "B", "WB",…
$ PositionExp <chr> "Quarterback", "Running back", "Halfback", "Tailback", "Fu…

# A tibble: 6 × 2
  Position PositionExp  
  <chr>    <chr>        
1 QB       Quarterback  
2 RB       Running back 
3 HB       Halfback     
4 TB       Tailback     
5 FB       Fullback     
6 LH       Left Halfback

References

Thomson, Arthur and Randall-MacIver, David. (1905). Ancient Races of the Thebaid. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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